QUES ANSW DIVINE 02-2022-12 Dear friends,
These are information postedby members compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2004’s and stored in my computer. Atthis date I have no information of the members posted. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 13-02-2022 Q1 Which is the most importantverse in Ramayana? A1 ReferVararuchi story and the talking birds…The king asked vararchi the abovequestion and given time limit to answer. With out getting answer Vararuchistarted walking in the forests. He heard two birds talking about it. Accordingto the birds, the most important verse was the advice given by Sumithra to Lakshmanan, whenSri Raman, Seetha and Lakshmanan started for forest exile. "RamamDasaratham vidhhi, maam vidhhi Janakaatmajam Ayodhya mataveem vidhhi, gaccha thaathayattha sukham" (Consider Raman as if he were theirfather Dasarathan, Seetha as mother and the forest as Ayodhya; may the journeybe a blessed one). Varararuchi answered so to king andking was very happy. And the mostimportant phrase in it was "Maamvidhi Janakaatmajam" (ConsiderSeetha as your mother).Recollect when such was ordained Sita doubted Lekshmana.. Q2 What is Vararuchi story? A2 Vararuchi,the great Brahmanan, is destined to marry the girl just born in a Parayan (verylow caste) family born on a particular date. It was also told bythe talking birds while he was wanderingin the forest. Howeverhe did not prefer it. Heinformed to the king as the birds toldabout his marriage. The king was verypleased with vararuchi about his correct ramayana answer .So the king decidedto help him. Accordingly,the little girl was traced, kept in a small raft (made out of banana plantpeelings) with a lighted torch stuck on its head and floated in the river. One day,many years later, Vararuchi, during one of his travels, went into a poorBrahmanan's house for food. WhenVararuchi set some preconditions (in code language) for taking food there, agirl from inside assured that all the conditions will be met. Impressedby the intelligence of the girl who could understand the complicated conditionshe had put forth and the perfect arrangements she made for him, he was attracted to herand married her. Vararuchisoon realised that the girl he married was the same one who was sent afloat inthe river, and that none can change the course of destiny. It was anAntharjanam (Namboothiri wife) of Narippatta Mana of Kodumunda village on thenorthern bank of Nila (Bharathapuzha) across from Thrithala who had found the floatinggirl and had raised her. ThereuponVararuchi proclaimed ex-communicationfor himself from the Brahmanan community, due to his marriage with alow caste girl. Alongwith his wife, Vararuchi started on a pilgrimage. During Vararuchi'stravels along the Nila river, his wife had given birth to twelve children. Each time he told her to go into a denser part ofthe forest and upon delivery, asked her if the baby had mouth.If she said yes, he would say, "God will feed it if it has mouth", and would ask her toleave the child there and then proceed. Grieved by these, when the 12thchild was born, shelied and said the baby did not have a mouth, upon which he permittedher to take the child along. But whenshe was about to breast-feed it, the mouth was actually not there, proving that the words ofgreat personalities do indeed become real. Vararuchithen deified the child on a hill, which is called "Vaayillaakkunnilappan" (HillLord without mouth), near the place Kadampazhipuram (in the present Palakkad dist.). The children left out in the forest were subsequently found, adopted andraised by families belonging to different communities, reccognised one another as they grew up, and used to get-together at the Illam (residence) of the eldest son,Mezhathol Agnihothri, on their father Vararuchi's death anniversary (Sraadham)- so goes the story or myth. Thesetwelve sons are: Mezhathol Agnihothri (Brahmanan), Paakkanaar (Parayan, a verylow caste), Rajakan (Washerman), Naaraanathu Bhraanthan (Elayathu, a lowerclass Brahmanan), Kaarakkal Maatha (high caste Nair), Akavoor Chaathan(Vysyan), Vaduthala Nair (Nair Soldier), Vallon (Thiruvalluvar of Tamil Nadu),Uppukottan (Muslim), Paananaar (Paanan, a very low caste of country musicians),Perumthachan (carpenter), Vaayillaakkunnilappan (deity). After the "Prathishta" of "Vaayillaa kkunnilappan", Vararuchiis believed to haveundergone Samaadhi at Mannoor Most of these twelve families stillexist in the southernpart of Palakkad district (Shoranur, Pattambiand Thrithala areas). Recently, on 30-11-97, all of them met in VemancheriMana, the Illam (residence) of Mezhathol Agnihothri, near Thrithala. My note- According to this incident, allsons can join together to perform srardha of father. Q3 Is it correct to conduct Sraddah together by all thesons to their parents? A3 According to Vararuchi story of parachipetta panthirukulam it is considered divine Thetwelve brothers of Agnihothri (Pantheerukulam) are said to have been meeting atVemancheri Mana, the home of Agnihothri, every year on the Bheeshmaashtami day of Utharayanam toperform the death anniversary rites (Sraadham) of their father,Vararuchi It was to this Mana that Agnihothri's brother Paakkanaar of Parayacaste had turned up carrying the udder chopped off from a dead cow in order toperform Sraadha (in his own style) of their father Vararuchi. The famousscholars Payyur Bhattathiris claim their ancestry to Agnihothri. Mynote- I have read somewhere the udders changed to vegitable Kovaikka on openingthe pack. Q4 What is the importance ofMezhathol Agnihothri? A4 According to history, after Budha and Jain periods, the deterioratedVedadharma and Yagna (Yaagam) culture were rejuvenated in Kerala, several yearslater, by Mezhathol Agnihothri, by performing Yaagam ninety-nine times, oneafter the other. Onlyseven of the thirty two Namboothiri Graamams (villages) co-operated withAgnihothri and accepted the Yaagam culture again. Even today,only these seven Graamams (Thaliparambu, Alathur, Karikkad, Panniyur,Sukapuram, Perumanam and Irinjalakkuda) have families having right to perform Yaagams. It issaid that a person who performs 100 Yaagams will become god Indran. When 99 Yaagams wereover, Lord Indran feared that his power would be lost to the Yajamaanan(leader) of this Yaagam. Indranpersonally arrived in the 99th Yaagasaala to accept the oblations meant foreach of them, and pleaded to Mezhathol Agnihothri to stopperforming the 100th Yaagam. Theleader, Mezhathol Agnihothri, declined the request saying that he is performingit not for a betterposition but for retaining the culture of Yaagam among Brahmanans. Indran then conceded MezhatholAgnihothri and his seven colleagues, his equal status. It is now believed thatAazhvaancheriThampraakkal performed the duties of "Brahman" in all these Yaagams.Vaidyamadham family members were the Yaagasaala physicians Q5 Is there any story thatMelathol Agni hothri- son of vararuchi has married a Tamil Brahmin girl as histhird wife? A5 yes. The story goes thatonce a huge vortex appeared in the river Cauvery. An Amyar (Malayalam term for Tamil Brahmanan lady) girl residing on thebank of the river apparently got a divine message and said that only Mezhathol Agnihothri can find a solution for this cyclonic formation in the river. Wheninvited, he went there, went down into the waters and came up on the third daywith three spears in his hand. Some Gandharvans had apparently lost them there. Agnihothri accepted the Amyargirl as his third wife,returned and installed the gold spear in his own house, the silver spear atVelliyamkallu and the copper spear at Kotikunnath. It is believed that the gold spearinstalled on the west side of the quadrangle(Patinjaatti) in Vemancheri Mana, later grew itself as a large stone lamp (Kalvilakku). Bhattathiris claim theirancestry to Agnihothri. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1403339248.812331.1644764511391%40mail.yahoo.com.
